by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 1, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Paul Beeston is out and Mark Shapiro is in. Lets take a look at what that means for the Jays. First, for the players in the locker room right now, this news doesn’t mean much. Even if it could mean something, Shapiro and the Blue Jays Org will downplay or table it so...
by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 31, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, General, MLB
Getting injured in professional baseball can be hell. Frankly speaking, getting injured in any walk of life can be hell, with the specific circle of hell you’ll occupy tightly correlated to the severity of your injury. However, for simplicity sake, lets keep this...
by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 27, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, MILB, MLB
Marcus Stroman… The Blue Jay world seems fixated upon his return. Will he be healthy, will he contribute, what do all his tweets about feeling better than ever mean? Lets review what we know and take the rest in due time, shall we? First, Stroman’s knee is...
by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 26, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
I do radio hits almost every day. Before I do them, I ask each respective show producer to send me a few topics their on air talent wants to talk about. This ensures I don’t get blindsided by off-the-wall subjects and, consequently, end up looking more ignorant...
by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 25, 2015 | baseball, General, Homosexuality, MLB, Spirituality
When I was fourteen, I made the worst decision of my life: joining my middle school wrestling team.It wasn’t the weight cutting or rolling around on dirty mats with sweaty boys that made it so bad. It wasn’t even the humiliation of wearing a singlet. It was what...